The Sun. — London, England, 1864-02-10 00:00:00

- --- il K iii ET. 4.6-ii lvi A AND C°XXXRCIAL INTELLIGENCE. CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCIC. ti) 4dditi Onal firmn ess i s now apparen t i n discount tt ~e si and th e j o i nt stock and pr i vate establish bills, are aski ng f u ll y 8 per cent . f or the E best a. T he applicati ons ma d e at the Bank of ng 4baave consequently increased. 1 / 4 0. °11t i 3 1,000 in bar gold was taken into the o . "‘ Yesterd ay. the wi ng to th e recent fall in the BombayExcbanges 'ilv er mark e t h as b ecome d u ll an d depressed 4 4 4 Yesterd ay the bars brought by the steamer 11144) W ere disp ose d o f at s s . ltd. per ounce, or 4 1) . la ss than the price realised for the supply by ,trevious packet. _a tm) 14 "e Was a slight advance in some of the foreig n A g e 'l Yesterday aft erno on. uew land security company has been announced e 4 t he " Credit F onc i er o f Mauritius, „ with a krol4lef 4500,000 , i n shares o f £5O eac h. The " 7 8 have been i n d uc ed to project this under pg of the large field of enter- Il sv? 0 /1118 colony lying open before them, and l k , l l' P a rtially developed. 'The commerce of the ti llti as has o f l ate years ma d e great progress ih e n g to the f act t h at i n thi s c olony is by f largest quantity of sugar produced tto tt re labou r , an d w hi c h h as occas i on ed a ge incr ease i n the value o f lan d e d proper ty h t ate of interest for money is generally very 4 1 : 1 ! 1 in vestments on loans are regarded as very Itat e ' a • The legislation of the Mauritius is troC f nl°r eever to aff or d great advantages for the tit 4ll B l et of land e d property, an d a l aw prov idi ng a 1 11 4 1„, and effective registration of all mortgages, at tb l a lY passed f or t h e purpose o f f ac ilit a ti ng the 1 44 . 8h alent of companies to make advances upon to t , Under th ese special circumstances the direc kel '‘lll° are a highly respectable body of gentle their "ciPate great and profitable results from . t ° ll Pe t ratja hs. The shares have been dealt in at 1,11,e4 Exchange to-day at lt 2 prem. 41 1/;• l: ! ° sPeetus of " The City Mercantile Club" Itto N ll :ag-hall (li m i te d) , h as b een i ssu ed with a 11 1%4' c apital of £BO,OOO, which is to be realised Si" ef ZlO. M r . Alf re d Ashton, of 75, Old o ut olte ltree t , City, has this day been appointed their I)tai ii and Thomas King, Esq., of Canonbury, and loih, a Arth ur P all i ser, O r i enta l Cl u b, have 111 4 °1e Board of Dir e ctors. We are informed 4 1 the a 6 shar es are being rapidly taken up, an d t h a t 1 4e o b P . Pli eation li s t i s t o c l ose i n a few days. ot t eet a of the co m p an y seem popular and likely stylesl epj-4 d in a pecuniary view, as a mercantile said to b e muc h wanted in the centre of the " are told th a t th ere are 900 ge ntlemen who 41 04 1 : P Plied for mem b ersh i p an d cannot b e accom -14 „ li e d at th e G resham, and that there are 300 i n ho ted tb e predi cament at the City Clu b . T he l as t } N th ela h will n o t b e comp l ete d f or t wo y ears; 41 4g 4 i e ft e itY Mercantile, lif.ving already purchased 44 tly „ uell t Premis es i n th e cen t r e of Cheapside, ,'ti dy flPesite Bow Church, can be completely ho es its members in three months time, which 441 ;15 latter undoubted advantage. The addi aleop'thtt l'at..elass public dining hall should mi lt ° value of the undertaking, as, with the # e Pti t , %lit h i °: The London, there is no establishment —4ll of a recherché character in the City. At t h Two O'CLOCK. lite , 8 Par's Bourse tiot r e to to-day, according to Mr. , a eer egram, the 3 per Cent. Rentes were s • ' lt ho • 4°C . Qu'et teek u gh i, ll, % rice, speculative business in the English If te. , b eett ,z:_ has been rather dull, a better feeling ttt.7,004, 7n:tested than at the close yesterday L reatin and a few purchases have had the effect 1-ttitltki tio:ampo:aerfirmness, an advance of I per cent. ktqd 90/ 9', for Consols are 90f 2. for trans -9,. , duce s_ i i. Tor the account. The New Threes ito l i ." Annuities are 9)1 f:-; Exchequer Bills, li e • dis t e • , % 5 A Cents, 100; per Cents., 1031 104 ; ditto Po rt; Ner ft i ,„„. a nd Enfaced 5 per Cents., 1041. 1 41 Z karicLuerprovenuent has taken place in the k tqi 4 6 ~, „' and business is more active. t1,„,,, N 7,... - Cents. , 1862, are 671 f ; ditto Con tikrit‘;:lllllvii ; Mexican, 351 36k; Greek, 211 7,-, ; llt t l tl - 1 3 , ia , , , , 91 10 ; Spanish Passive, 32f f ; Cer- I / 8 04, 4 ; Portuguese, 47-1- f ; Italian, 661 I ; t role th e h 'ederate Loan, 49 51. 10 r 10 4. 111 way Share Market there is a rather titt;k4anoi Loudon and Brighton have improved et " e s ter Sheffield, and Lincoln ss. ; and et ~ ute ri , " tli 4e i t cni,h c (Berwick) 53. Metropolitan, how- IN 4 ho llt .p ay e been pushed for sale, have de /4 ° llth 4 ' 3 . Great Western has receded 55., it h , th e t . istern A. `lO ~, r e i, k"'ete r i a , n and Colonial undertakings there til tik ' ehen elld and ,„, ge ae regards values. titte.,and, .. -u scellaneous shares are in fair de li °. A, With f e ttti o ., l ezie. ` 0 ? exceptions, maintain former il l gel 4,.. 411 Bank are quoted 4t, 5,1 prem. ; prem,, ulPPin g , r i I prem. ; Credit Foncier ; and Aust ralian - Steam, 5/ 6 prem. Ca 13 4 1 1., ° 'ft , ,, ITIRTT . 1 . -.. .04 - pl jx ,.. r , ; cent.i tto e t Q lrr ptrii-;31-/S—CLOSING PRICES. lit ee l i c"'ln nß° A,r lB • 90a i 1 a 4, % -.• Rea' '''arch 5 9Ol I t 1 i vp t rey educ ed kt4 2 p e%t Sl llitt oti e r C ett .. •i; 4 ) i ttlti e ' April , p , TI• 1891 _ tto . 8 ) %0 0 85 kPit t o ' , 4 ,t a ci O )1.8 expi re 6th jail., 1880 — 4 elt :te sea, telegraph), sth April , 1885. titt t Bills, ~ A.ug. 1908 . . pit,, ,000 C5O O , 4 1 & 0 per Cent. 8 3 die I ' B l and — die 1 14 %1 8 I°o and £200 bi r ,14 ,tk,4 L NiNeoc'C'Vx4l3._ 2 Per Ct., last hf.-yr. 237 4 ; 10 Ac :, loi__ er sIENT Per , SECURITIES. 4i t 'to 6 pe lant... `'ent., April 1874 — 11 1 to A ce eetit J u1 ........... 1j.401 ° lint. ' 3r, 1870 .. • . 1031 4 31 4 b i tty 1 ) r C e4 i • • ... bitt43 Enlaced ',A p a " °et, 1888 ., lOO 11t0 51 ' r Cent P e r, 4 per Cent tO,ll Pet e'; Jan. 1872 .. 104/ bi h uitt o nture,i' la y , 1879 — 4it . ,`!, Eton, ditto Per Ct., April 1864 P. "&htl e g3 El,oo o Aug., 1866 'N''. o 4 r 41,00 0 . die I\tt l :ti 6 kGN f il * .„.• •, :. ........ .. . -- Mtt o i 183 P 9 er Cent -."-uS—CLOSING PRICES. 4i and D e ,. , 1859 1 / 4 1 , t 4 t 0 tl)itto'ent., 1852-58-60 n l ) it t „ 43 .k, l), 1863 , 1863 CMS' li 4r aa 6 ' '' os paid kk,;l. 1 ec ount Per Cent . k , Pet c e ......... tt NI. antt, (Doi .. erred 3 per Cent.) b ik ‘ i k i , el. ... (11. It o 7 C ent °eh ,a. Per ....... Di, 6 . ,,0 ed C ent ,. it A ent 102 1 11134ttitz 11) )j ''t kI t'l " ()11 k0 " t uat. :• 8 : 1118e 24.5, ex-Coupons •-• 2 1,1(144 <,Gulit ............ 1, 4„, _ p e . tio ............. , k ,, 6 NI. Per 6: - ............. it 4 it t ': a D t-e4tZ t • i , t „ 4 „ er ce areuunana Railway) 741 5 rtl " • 4 r ° ant tit • ... 1 1 11 ‘4 1e14 ri ....... i t t te t o AL l) 't c al e , a 6 t P" -3ent Vitt i 1i '"ant ' 'ft A in dent ........ 41 1 4 t it t ) 18 . 62 ........ . --- h, to , 4 0 .... 1 ,0 4 6 i l eo Per 6 ent ... ,t o p er ant . , 1853 INee te , ........... s eci ant . '” 1866 ) '7, '9, '6O, 62,'3 t tZ / 4 12er e bit uif Per Cent .. 1822 £s, — i bt,,ak. ut 1850 ' l ' i l t.t° 6 D ' r C e 1 860 _ D 4 lik Per 1859 Il 4 6 cent. 1 .. iv A tle a 862 '‘ 'e e ... • 881 1 11 1 '11 'd t ` )I ltit n o t ..... i kr t, . 4; ep e, .................. t,11,1 P e44,it , It blit, 4ce, 11 1 el y 1)„:: ... tt , • ,f -.red .... r,t s , 01, 4 4 ve ....... IL it t r ant, IN!) A r, ,:)._ , NI ~,,Ii f Co •...,. , I)tliit, , t3 . l l , er r it ...... not funded . it t 5 k, per co eat, h• 3 , , tt(.) 4Jtoil, eat, ~,:. i l l !, k r ~ile t . ... I ° o4 _ Lti . ,Arp,,,,,k; lit . m ;i r : )i;tt"‘ilt,') teoii; s i : l l4 ~e ntil :r itut. 18_,..., 1,., 1 1 ,, t ;) ( 100 _ ends. ... ' 4 .. 1411.titi:iatp. _llat .................... 1114, A te Per e 0.1,1863 4 4 Pe ° ,l,. 4 t. ..... N t 1).eo - 'nt ... ~....,, •••• — Iv. In lt ~ 56.2 ~ ,„ ~,,, 5 3 on ~. ......... 55 3 t,, t 0 1 1 11 4 , e; C ent above p pa yable in Loud in. INt6 iDer Cent Ex a'x..lo Florins. tO k r C ent r . A z • 2of th ,e„, C ent, ,• 12 G u ii N 5 stns, 41 vv.er(tificates t k ke ectl e rit e . nt. , e lB6 - r E t. :c Ex. .25 f -. . X . 25 francs.. 663 1 17; 11 1 ..... ..... , I to 1110 4 • . t e ' o 'eY . THREE O'CLOCK. ant . .... 1 .................. 90i i ................. .... 91 i SHARE MARKETS.---This day, ORDINARY SHARES AND STOOKS. Railways. I Wol., and Str. Val. Blythe end Tyne. Bost.,Sleaf.,andltlid.Co Bristol and Exeter Caledonian Cork and Bandon Cornwall Do A( A gets no di% Do B ti 6p c.p . been paid to B. Dublin & Belfast Junc. Dun.,Perth,&Ab. June Edinburgh & Glasgow. Wasp:. and S. Western. Great Eastern, Ord. stk Ditto A stock Ditto East A.nglian st GreatNorthot Scotland Great Northern Do A stock Do B do Gt. S. and W. of Irelan , Great Western Do Str Val gua. stock Lancashire & Yorkshire London and Blaokwall Lon., Bright.,& S. Coast Lon., Chat., mad Dover Lon. & Noel' Western Lon. & Scr‘th Western Man., Shef., & Lincoln. Maryport and Carlisle Do; shares Metropolitan Midland Do New Do Birming. & Derby Mid. (It. W. of Ireland Do. shares Mid Kent ........ Do Cray Line North British Edin., Perth, & Dundee Nth. Eastern—Berwica , Do, G.N.E. purchase Ii Leeds Do Do Carlisle.. North London Do New ..... ....... North Staffordshire N. and S. W. Junction Scottish Central Scot N. E., Aber. stoois Do Scot. Mid. stock Shrews. and Welohpooi Shropshire Union South Devon South Eastern South Wales S. York. and River Dun Staines, Wo k. , an d Wok. Stockton It; Darlington Do ...... Do New, 1866 Taff Vale. Do B Do C Ulster Do Do Vale of Neath Victoria sta. and Pim Waterford & Kilkeuny West Cornwall W. Hartlepool Ilar.&K West Midland —Oxfordl Do Newport,' Do Ilereford raid. ' Closing Business Price. I done. 8 8i - - Si 8, 84 E 6 120 121 1202 1 7 74 37 39 16 17 95 97 106 108 99 50 47 49 7/ 8k 128 k 12941 134 i 1354, 134 136 1 97 99 644 G 5 1001 1101 70 72 103 104 40 42 107 107 i 102 t I(3i 51i 524 103 105 1281 1291 11 IL, 98 100 62 62i 25 46 104 1031 d 68 59 911 Mt 125 130 14 24 p 78 :80 11 11i i 2 126 43 40 98 100 0 64 826 £3l 94} eft 99 101 1176 38 9;106p', 165 170 si t 6 v 3 i P 87 90 167 172 22 25 BRITISH POSSESSIONS. Railways :ktiantic Ot St Lawren, om.,Baroda,tCentmne Gn. syer cent... Do. New . Do. E. Shares... SWIM° and Laxe Huron Do. Preteronee Buffalo, Brant, &G odrieb p. et. bda. Aug. 1, 187'.: Do. do. July 1, 187:-. Do. do. Juae 1, Is:, Olcutta.s.S.Ea:stn.(l.in , Cape Town Dock Scril Illagtn. Bengal gu. 5 p. East Indian. gu. 5 p. c. Do. do. G Ext..... Do. do. H do. _ Grand Trunk of Canada Do. Ist Pref. Bonds .. Do. do. deferred...... Do. 2d Pref. Bonds.. Do. do. deferred__ Do. 3d ri ef. stock Do. do. deferred__ Do. 4th Pref. stock.. .' I Do. do. deferred...... Ot.lndiaPentn.gua. s p.o Do. New gua. 5 p. c... Do. January, 1862 Gt. South.of India (Lim guaranteed 5 per cent. Gt. W. of Canada Shares Do. New Do. 8 p.o. '73 with't opt. Do. 5i p. e. do. '77-8.... Indian Branch Limited Madras gear, 5 P. 0 . -• Do. 41 p. c. Extension De. 4* do — Do. Fifth Extension. Melb•Corp. R p. 0. Bnde. Melb. & Hobson's Bay. Do. 7 p. c. Slortg. Bds Newßrunswiek d&Canda Class A and B N. ltl.C'daB pe Ist pt bds Seinde ........ •• Do. Delhi Do. do •_• Do. Punjaub te ••• Do. Do. Do. Indus. St. Flo.) too 100 100 100 100 100 Paid. all Closing Price. 59 b 1 101 it 3 6 1 p 1 p 5i 51 8 0 OD 101 99 101 103 105 1(3 104 par p par /I p 19 20 72 74 55 30 65 67 49 55 40 62 38 it 25 27 20 C 4 102 103 2 2 1 10t 103 9e 91 11 10F 92 94 85 87 101 103 96 98 92 96 all 100 (100 ' 100 2 all 100 100 58 60 3 6 82 84 101 103 101 103 i DP 101 103 1041 103 II 21 (9 50 21 1 02 1 i 2f 1021 I 1011 1022 97 99 T hEC OLON lAL COVER,. 6 p.c.J ,Jul) I 1877-St 1)o. 6 p. c. Feb. dz Aug. Do. d p. c. Mar. do Sept. Do.: p. c. Jan.&July. Do. 5 Inscribed stock Cape G.Hope, 6 p c,187•.; Do.Ap & Oct. 1880 Do. 18gt. Do. Jan. & July, 1891 Ceylon, N0v.1878, 6 p Mauritius 6 per cent Natal Gov. 6 per cont N.B.Gov. 6 p.c. J a.&J uly Do. 6 p. o.Ap. & Oct. N. S.W. Gov. 5 p Du. 5 p. c.,18/1 to It',2( Do. d0.,1888 &upwds New Zealand 6 p cent. Nova Scotia Gov. 6 p. c sterling, 1875 Queensland Gcv. 6 p. c S. Aus G6p.c.1876.& up Vio.Gov. 6 p.c. Ja.&July Do. to 6 p.m AmdsOok. 100 102 99 101 iu2 104 83 81 83 91 106 107 108 110 109 111 107 109 110 112 104 107 107 109 101 103 99 100 99 10 , ) 99 100 107 109 03 105 108 110 .09 110 4 Icl 38 89 570 680 70 75 id par 27i 284 7 74 5 Oi 10 11 4 44 17 18 5 54 AG 38 5 55 17 19 GI 71 14 I d 80 90 11 21 51 21 65 44 46 435 445 57a 62a 28 30 k ft 2u 21 11 12 55 57 IVO 200 80 85 43 4G 2 21 131 14i 165 170 24 25 3 31 YEEFERENCE Great Western Orig. 4 per cent. pf., 86 Great Western, Birmingham gua. stock, 76 Midland, Leicester and klitchin 4 per ct.. 85i PREFERENCE SHARES AND STOCKS. Great Eastern, 5 per cent., pf., 1051 FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Bahia and San Francisco (11m.) gua. 7 per cent., 17 JOINT-STOCK BANKS. Alliance Bank of Lon Jan and Liverpool (lim.), 451 5 Ditto, new, 306 Anglo Austrian, 51 Australasia, 756 5 / Bank of Wales, lim., 126 British North AraeriCall, 48 Chartered Bank of India, Australia, and China, 42} f Ditto, new, 254 City, 115 Consolidated Bank, lira., 101 European Bank, lira., 74 Hindustan, china, and Japan (11m.), 29 81 Imperial Bank (11m.), 26) Imperial Ottoman, in 18 171 London, Buenos Ayres, and River Plate, 59 494 "".Ditto, new issued, at 14 pm, 5 London Chartered Bank of Australia, 264 London and Couuty, 64 4 31 London and South African, 261 London and Westminster, 771 Merchant Bank, lim., 114 1 Mercantile and Exchange, lim., 17 17 Metrop. and Prov. Bank (lim.), 2lt Oriental Bank Corporation. 594 Scinde. Punjaub, and Delhi, Ditto, nett, 61 South Australia, 401 Union of Australia, 52 Union of London, 43 4; MOCKS. 1001 11 BRITISH MI: !Cambrian Consol. Gold cbilord Amalgamated Devon G. Con.. (Tavist ) East Bassett (Illogan) East Clog - au Gold Ltd East Caradon East Carn Brea... E. W'lltuasel (Tavistk.)l Gam.&St.AuDyn(Gwen.) Great South Tolgus G. Wheal Vor (fleistou; Grenville .. Eler:A's-Foot ...... Hingaton Downs Lady Bertha Margaret Wily Lelant Marke Valley.. Myndy Iron Ore (Lim ) New Setun North Downs N. W Base et ( I llo;an North Wheal Crofty Par Consols (St. Blaze), Providence (Uny Lelnt.) South Caradon(St. Cleer, S. Cam Brea (Mogan). • S.Wheal Fran. (Mogan) !Stray Park famar Silv.& Lead Mini fin Crolt West Basset (Illogan) W C , radon (Liskeard) West Seton Wheal Basset (Illogan) Wheal Buller (Kedruth) Wheal Kitty (U.Lelant) WhealLudcott W heal Mary Ann ;'den ) Wheal 3eton Wheal Treiawney (Lis.) Wheal Union BI ..zi 3.1.0 2.0.9 10.6.7 18.18.91 ,30.17.61 2.0.6 3.0.6 8 68i 7 3.17 London, 74 3i MISCELLANEOUS. British American Land, 23n Cey l on Company, 10f Consolidated Discount, lim., 14 Consolidated Discount, limn ,la C on t ra ct Corporation. lim., 4I Crystal Palace, 334 Crystal Palace, 6 per cent. perpetl. deb. 112 Discount Corporation, limited, 101 Egyptian Commercial and Trading, lira., 4 Ei,glish and Australian Copper, 214 Gem Crc dit and Finance of London, lim., General Steam Navigation, 284 Hudson's Bay. 17 International Financial Society, 111 I Italian Irrigation (Canal Cavour), 4 Ditto, 6 per cent. Bonds, redem. 1670, issued 90, 82 Joint .stock Discount, limn., 6i 64 London Financial Association, lim., 264 London Provincial Marine, 24 1 Mercantile Credit Association, lm., 74 National Discount Comany, l, I National Steam Naviga p tion, Bin. im. , 5 North British and Mercantile Insurance, lim., was Ocean Marine (Insurance), 19} Peninsula and Oriental steam, 784 71 Ditto, new, 474 Rio dt Janeiro City Improvements, Ditto, new, 44 Royal Mail steam, 814 1 Thames and Mersey Marine (InSUranCe), lim., 7 . Van Diemen's Land, 10 Frightful Occurrence at the New Govern ment Offices, Westminster. Great excitement was occasioned yesterday afternoon in the immediate vicinity of the Government offices at White hall, owing to the following melancholy accident, by which several persons were seriously, and it is feared, one or two fatally—injured. Large contracts to erect new Government offices have been entered into, and a number of houses were razed to the ground on the south western side of Downing-street, and also in King-street and Charles-street, Westminster. The space thus cleared extended probably 300 feet in one direction, and 200 feet in the other. Upon this site the foundations of the new offices had been dug out, the concrete beds formed, and since then an immense forest of scaffolding had been erected, in order for the contractors to proceed with all possible despatch with the erection of the various buildings. Upon the top of this scaffolding, it is necessary to state, were immense beams of timber, supported by heavy uprights, fastened with iron dog stays; and upon the top of the last-named were what is technically called " gantries," large timbers about 6ft. square, and which stretched hori zontally the whole length of the scaffolding, and having iron rails similar to those in use on a railway for the purpose of the " travellers," heavy pieces of machinery, to pass along when large pieces of stone were required to be lifted. Whilst the men were so engaged yesterday afternoon the weight of what they were lifting strained the "gantries" and the ponderous machine caused the dog stays to start, and the other portions of the woodwork got out of gear, and the consequence was that the travel ler and four men who were at work were precipitated to the ground, a distance, it is believed, of 30 feet. The poor fellows were struck by the timber as it fell and were also injured by the traveller, so that it was at first thought they had all been killed. A strong body of the A division of police immediately came from Gardner's-lane station, and assisted in getting the unfortunate men out of the ruins. They were at once removed to the Westminster Hospital, where Mr. Watts, the house-surgeon, did all that surgical aid could devise to alleviate the sufferings of the unfortu nate persons. One man, named William Power, agod 33, of Cheshire cheese-eourt, Chelsea, was found to have received serious injuries to his head, his lips were cut open, and his fore. head knocked in. Very little hopes are entertained of his recovery. Henry Pritchard, of 54, Hanover-street, Pimlico, was found to have his head, face, and ribs seriously injured, but not quite so badly as the former. Miles Hughes, of 2, Gardner's-lane, who was only mar ried on Sunday last, has also received injuries to the head, hips, and back. Joseph Lamb, of John-street, Walworth, was only in jured on the arms, and after being attended to by Mr. Watts, he expressed a wish to go home to his family, which request was complied with. There will no doubt be a rigid inquiry as to the cause of the accident. 'l2B} 1311 641 loot i 1 711 1031 4 39i 40 101 i 511 i 1051 31 4 3 1261 9 91a a a 87 8 Business done 'ME SUN, LOINDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 10, 1864. LAW INTELLIGENCE—(This Day.) COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH. (Before Mr. Justice Shea and a Common Jury.) KEYES V. TAYLOR. The plaintiff in this action is a licensed victualler carry ing on business at the Pheasant Tavern, Stangate, and the defendant is a veterinary surgeon. Mr. Keyes, it appeared, was possessed of a very handsome and docile pony, and on the occasion of its being brought home by the defendant's son after being shod, it went down and injured its knees to such an extent, that the plaintiff said it was rendered nearly useless. The defendant, on the matter being represented to him, said the matter was a pure accident, which he regretted very much. The plaintiff alleged that the pony met with the accident in consequence of the de fendant's son violently galloping him home, and that he had no right whatever to ride the pony; had he led him home in the proper way, namely, with a halter, the acci dent would not have occurred. The case created some merriment in consequence of the following questions being put to the defendant: — Counsel—The pony was a very docile one, I believe ? Defendant—Yes. Counsel—As docile as a dog ? Defendant—Well, yes, it was a quiet thing. Counsel—You've seen it walk about the plaintiff's bar, and help itself to cakes.? (Laughter.) Defendant—No, I never saw it do that. (Laughter.) Counsel—l do not mean that the pony went the length of drawing beer, but you've seen him come into the bar as quiet as a dog ? Defendant—l've seen the pony behind the bar—(laughter) —and it might have been eating a cake. Counsel—lt liked sweet things ? (Loud laughter.) Defendant—l don't know. (Laughter.) Counsel—Did you never see it walk upstairs? (Laughter.) Defendant—No. Counsel—Nor stand upon a table ? (Laughter.) Defendant —No; but I've seen it get upon a butt. (Laughter.) The jury finally returned a verdict for the plaintiff— damages M. PROBATE COURT. The Judge Ordinary and a Common Jury were occupied the whole of the morning in hearing the cause Bowker v. Bury. The question in dispute being the validity of the writ of the testator by which he left the whole of his pro perty to his wife absolutely.. It was contended that the testator was not in a fit state of mind when he executed tho instrument, and also that he had already made a former will which he had not revoked. The property in question amounted to about £2,000. The case will not conclude till a late hour, POLICE INTELLIGENCE—This Day, MARLBOROUGH-STREET. SERIOUS DEPREDATIONS BY ERRAND BOYS.—Thomas Sullivan, a boy who has only been in the employ of Mr. Cooper, surgeon and chemist, of Moor-street, St. Martin's lane, for about a week, was charged before Mr. Tyrwhitt with robbing his employer. Mr. Cooper said that in consequence of information he received that the prisoner, his errand boy, had been offer ing some fancy soaps for sale, he communicated with the police, and that morning Sergeant Shore, 11 F, searched the prisoner, but found nothing in his possession belonging to him (Mr. Cooper) but a pockot knife. The knife was not of much value, but, as he had missed several things while the prisoner had been in his employ, and had been robbed by his errand boys during the last four years, to the amount of nearly £3OO, he felt compelled to make an example of the prisoner. Sergeant Shore, 11 F, said in taking the prisoner into custody ho first said he had not taken anything, but after wards that he had, and then put the articles back as he could not sell them. He had seen the boy's father, who seemed to take no interest in him, and had got him into Mr. Cooper's employ by falsely representing that he had never been in employ before, whereas he had been dismissed from a previous situation for dishonesty. Mr. Cooper said his object was to got tho boy corrected as a lesson to him. Mr. Tyrwhitt committed the prisoner for 21 days. A GANG OF JUVENILE THIEVES.—Henry Hayes, a boy, was charged with stealing nine scarfs of the value of £2, the property of Mr. Henry Robert Wilson, draper, of 10, Cranbourn-street, Leicester-square. lt appears that the prisoner and another boy went into Mr. Wilson's shop this morning about eight o'clolk, and asked for some thread. A young female went to the back part of the shop for it, and on her return to the counter the boys left. Directly atter Mr, Wilson missed the scarfs from the counter, and on going into the street saw the prisoner and the other boy with four others walking along in conversation. He followed them, and heard one of the boys say, " How much will they fetch ?" and another reply, " Is, or ls. 6d. each.' He then seized the prisoner and the other boy who ht.d been into his shop, and in the prisoner's apron found the scarfs. The other boy managed after a struggle to get away. The prisoner was then handed over to Crown, 215 C. A remand was granted, that the other might be found. Liverpool Cotton Market—This Day, Market very firm. Sales, about 7,000 bales. No import. Previously, 6,488. The Dublin press of this day (9th) deplore . the demise of a most charitable gentleman—J. J. Davis, Esq. who retired from New York with a large fortune. Mr. Davis was formerly a partner of the eminent house of Henriques and Davis, of New York. Papers relative to " the Alabama," in continua tion of the correspondence already published, and also copies of the correspondence respecting the statements in Mr. Lay's memorandum ralative to China, have been pre • sented to both Houses of Parliament by command of her Majesty. _ _ "NORTHWARD Ho!"—It is reported that several regiments have been ordered to hold themselves in readi ness for foreign service. and that their destination will be Copenhagen, assembling at Heligoland until the season is more advanced. THE CANADIAN PARLIAMENT is summoned to meet on the 19th inst. THE GIFT HORSE WITH HIS TEETH PULLED OUT I—The dismantling of the fort of Vido, at Corfu, has been completed, and preparations made for blowing up the masonry. A N EW TELEATRICAL " SENSATION" IN PARIS.— In a new piece by M. Magnet, called "La Malawi du Baigneur," just brought out at the Paris Gaite, a novel and startling effect thrills the audience eery evening. A pon derous moveable ceiling, in a room from which one of the characters is unable to escape, gradually descends by ma chinery, until the unhappy captive is crushed to death be neath its weight. The idea is not new, but it is now carried out for the first time on the stage. Fortunately the victim at the GaittS is one of the most detestable vill a i ns o f the piece (un infame coluin M . Ulbach cal ls him), so that. dramati cally speaking, be may be said to deserve hi s fate, SPORTING INTELLIGENCE, LIVERPOOL SPRING MEETING---111Ancir S. Acceptances for the Grand National Steeple Chase (handi cap) of 20 soya each, h ft, with 100 added. Age st lb Age st lb Emblem. .. .. al2 8 Satanella .. .. 5 10 12 Umpire.. .. .. a )2 7 Sr. Maximus .. a 10 12 Lightheart .. .. al2 6 Wifie •• .. alO 12 Reporter .. .. 512 2 Cadet .. .. a 10 12 Thomastown .. .. al2 0 Leonidas .. .. 610 12 Arbury .. .. ali 12 West End .. .. 610 12 Sir William .. .. 611 10 Ben's Life .. 610 12 Jealousy .. .. all 10 Gl a di ator .. .. alO 10 Sinking Fund .. all 10 M a l ta • • •. a 10 10 Catspaw .. .. all is Rooke the Gardener 610 10 Jerusalem .. .. all 10 Ireley .. .. a 10 10 Medora .. 5 10 10 Sampson .. .. all 8 National P e titi on .. a lO 8 ..all 88 Brynit ockle c i wyn .. .. a 10 10 Bridegroom :: . ... a a Harry •• .. all 8 Real Jam .. .. 5 10 8 Bantam .. .. all 6 Sir Stephen .. alO 7 Merrimac .. .. all 6 k.:mblematic .. 610 6 Wee Nell .. •• ait 6 Brian Borhoime .. alO 4 Satellite .. .. all 6 Baron of Avon •• 410 2 Mauchline .. .. all 4 Ocean Witch .. 510 2 Tile Czar .. .. all 4 Martha .. .. alO 0 .... .... a 6 11 11 00 LadyCorsaiorf the i Serious Case .. .. all 3 Miss Maria .. .. a 10 0 Rubicon .. .. 611 2 Cygnet .. .. 510 0 Romeo l l o o 0 0 Amy .. •. a 10 0 'l B ` u o r lu bi rn to o n .... .... 5 5 1 11 1 0 0 C Si h l e k s a te n r d Satin .. a 10 0 Little Bob .. .. all 0 Miss Emma ;les .. 54 .. a 10 0 Worcester .. .. all 0 British Grena di er .. alO 0 Portland .. .. alO 12 Leading Ar ti c l e .. alO 0 Acceptances for the Li verpoo l Spring Cup (handicap), of 100 soya, added to a sweepstakes of 10 50173 each. About a mile and a half. Age st lb The Knave .. 5 8 8 Argonaut .. • . 5 8 6 Aurelian .. .. 6 8 4 Costa .. .. 5 8 2 Blondin .. 4 8 0 Carisbrook.. .. 5 7 13 Berkeley .. 6 7 10 The Monk.. .. a 7 10 Gardener .. .. 6 7 10 Welcome .. 7 7 Fontenoy .. 4 7 6 Donne Canne .. 5 7 4 Bosh .. .. 6 7 3 Joe° •• 4 7 2 Trojanus .. 4 7 0 Black Deer •• 4 7 0 Warminster .. 5 7 0 The Clown .. 3 6 10 Acceptances for the Sefton to a sweepstakes of 5 do Age at lb Helper 6 9 8 Argonaut .. 5 8 11 Ellerton .. 6 8 11 Donnybrook .. 4 8 5 Gardener .. 6 8 2 Blondin .. 4 8 2 Farfalla 5 8 0 Poland .. 4 7 11 Zuleika 6 7 6 Weatherspy 4 7 5 Bosh .. • 5 7 3 East Lancashire .. 4 7 0 The Clown 3 7 0 Arbutus .. 3 6 8 Waterloo .. 3 6 8 Persuasion 3 6 8 Buckland .. 3 6 8 Strawberry Hill .. 4 6 7 Cutaway .. 3 6 7 Voluptas 4 6 6 Independence a 6 6 Moulsey • 3 6 6 Acceptances for the Handicap with 40 added, Age st lb Emblem - a 11 12 Pot Pou - r1 5 11 8 Shropshire .. 6 11 7 Lincoln ▪ a 11 7 Sinking Fund a 11 3 Satellite • a 11 3 Old Squire a 10 12 Tolurno 5 10 12 Komeo a 10 12 Amy 6 9 12 Serious Case .. a 10 10 Merryman ▪ a 10 8 Dunraven • 6 10 8 West End 6 10 4 Remunerator a 10 2 Age et lb Flash in the Pan .. a 6 10 St. Lawrence .. 5 6 8 Dark Lily .. •• 4 6 8 Farce .. • • 4 6 6 Merry Maid .. 6 6 6 Jack's Alive • • 4 6 3 Ghillie Callum .. 3 6 3 Truant .. .. 4 6 2 The Doctor • • 3 6 1 Alpheus .. •• 3 6 1 Claxton .. • • 3 6 0 King of Clubs .. 3 5 7 Naxos • • •. 3 5 7 Farnham .. .. 3 5 7 Veterinarian .. 3 5 7 Fanny Seaton .. 3 5 7 Macbeth .. a 6 7 Handicap of 100 soya, added iVB each. Six furlongs. Age at lb Crisis, by Aleppo.. 4 6 5 Ghillie Callum .. 3 6 5 Claxton .. .. 3 6 2 Prescription .. 3 6 2 Rose .. • . 3 6 1 Danaus .. 3 6 0 Tool Tooi .. 3 6 0 Abbott .. .. 3 5 12 Jane Shore .. 3 5 10 Lobelia .. 3 5 10 Dishonoured .. 3 5 10 Alice Leigh .. 3 5 8 Dilston .. 3 5 8 Tomfoolery .. 3 5 7 Coverdale .. 3 5 7 Dovedalo .. 3 5 Wild Thyme .. 3 5 7 Veterinarian .. 3 5 7 Naxos .. 3 5 7 Macbeth .. 3 5 7 Helen .. 3 5 7 Hurdle Race, of 5 soya each, , Two miles. Age st lb Emblematic .. 6 10 2 Marble Hill .. 5 10 0 Speedy .. ▪ 6 10 0 True Heat 4 9 9 Over the Sea .. .. 5 9 9 Soothsayer _ .. a 9 4 Chester.. _ a 9 4 Baron of Avon • • 4 9 4 Mistake _ 4 9 0 Cutler • 5 9 0 Topsy • _5 9 0 Amain .. .. 6 9 0 Southerly Wind .. 5 9 0 Corsair _ a 9 0 Cygnet _ 5 9 0 CI ry BETTING—TUESDAY. LIVERPOOL STEEPLECHASE. 10 to 1 agst Emblem (taken) 12 to 1 agst Wee Nell (taken) 25 to 1 apt Medora (wanted) NORTHAMPTONSHIRE STARES. 10 to 1 apt Blithtield (offered) CITY AND SUBURBAN. 40 to 1 agst Exchequer (taken) 40 to 1 agst Kemptown (taken) TWO THOUSAND GUINEAS. 11 to 2 agst Fille de I'Air (offered, take 6to 1) 6to 1 agst Cambnscan (wanted) CHESTER CUP. 16 to 1 agst Accident (offered) 20 to 1 agst Blackdown (offered) 25 to 1 agst Anfield (taken) 25 to 1 agst Muezzin (taken) 33 to 1 agst Greenland (taker.) 50 to 1 agst Crisis (taken and offered) 100 to 1 agst Costa (offered) TAE DERBY. 10 to 1 agst Scottish Chief (offered) 13 to 1 agst Paris (offered) .14 to 1 agst Coastguard (taken) 16 to 1 agst Forager (offered) BETTING AT MANCHESTER, TUESDAY. The election of members to serve on the committee and other business matters occupied the principal share of attention this day, and betting was extremely dull, the investments made on the horses being of a very trivial character. Closing prices : LIVERPOOL STEEPLECIIASZ. 10 to lon the field (offered) 16 to 1 agst Bantam (taken) 18 to 1 agst Portland (taken) 40 to 1 agst Reporter (taken) CHESTER CUP. 100 to 6 agst Accident (offered) 20 to 1 agst Anfield (offered) 20 to 1 agat Blackdown (offered) THE DERBY. 20 to 1 agat Blair Athol (taken and offered) THE WATERLOO (COURSING) CUP. b 0 to 1 agat Mr. Gibson's nomination (taken) LIVERPOOL SPRING MEETlNG.—Tuesday the Bth March has already been announced as the opening day for this meeting. There are now but a few unimportant items wanting to complete Mr. Topham's venture, and the ac ceptances for the Grand National, which have been framed on the new principle, must be exceedingly gratifying to lessee of the course. Last year the number of subscribers was 72, out of which 21 paid forfeit, and the lowest weight was 9st, which weight was subsequently raised 111 b by means of list 31b (Medora, who ran with 12st) being the highest imposted " content." This year the number of entries was increased to 86, and the forfeits to 25, while the lowest weight was 10st. It will be seen from this that in h an dicapping for the coming Li verpool G ran d N a tional Steeplechase Handicap the impost s h ave b een ra ised 141 b. With the exception of Major Wombwell's Bell's Life, who carries a 61b penalty for winning the Windsor Open Steeple chase last Saturday, the weights, through Emblem accept ing, remain as originally published. Four forfeits are Hurdle Race, and ten for the Seft on H an di ca p. announced for the Spring Cup, seven f or th e Handicap THE MODERN FARMER.—The farmer now acts on scientific principles and with scientific precision, instead of by blind guess-work. Ilia operations are based on the researches of the naturalist, the geologist, the die- mist, and meteorologist, and are executed by machinery of the most ingenious and elaborate construction. Steam has been introduced to plough and to thrash. Drilling, sowing, reaping, and stacking are perfo rated by machine-power. The amount of capital required for agricultural enterprises has, of course, risen considerably —a thrashing-machine, costing three hundred pounds, has suppla n t e d the old shilling flail ; a steam-plough, at eight hundred pounds, is gradually being substituted for the two-guinea plough. The yearly bills for artificial food, for stock and artificial stimulants for the soil also run up to a high figure. The change in the system has been attended by as great a c h ange inthe men t t h ra e d o i l t dtypeofteri British farmer, er,dogged in his adherence to ion, contemptuous teachings of science, and ignorant of men and things beyond his own c ou nty, with whom Arthur Young found i t idle to a rgue, and whom he longed to convince with his stick, is fast going the way of both o f hi s own an d the Dodo and Dinornis. In his stead, we h a ve a fingere ends , ori, who has the origin a l, intelligent gentleman, a s h rew d m en of business, who has personally ex am i ne d the working of the farming system o se th cr e e r tg la o n f ds,who who knows how to combine the theories of books with the unwritten lore o f practice, and who has spirit and sense to venture his capi tal liberally in the improvemen t of his acres an d s t oc k. It the laboratory reads L a i e t b hisig i n th e can scarcely be denied that the lower class of far m l a b ou rers are still in a discreditably low condit ion; but the increasing application of science and use o f machinery — cannot fail to sharpen their faculties and improve their position ; and even as it is, enough has already been done in this way to be reckoned among the agricultural advances of the present time,—Chambers's Journal. PERFECTION OF M ECHA NISM.— As" engineers we can say that it really approaches much nearer the perfection of mechanism than any other examp e of clock work we have yet seen on anything like the same large scale."_.r.—„, gineer, 1 Aug. 15, 1862. Clocks by the first artists of the day for the drawing room, dining room, bed room, library, hall, staircase, bracket, carriage, church, turret, railways, Warehouse, count ing house, musical, and astronomical. Church and turret clocks specially estimated for. Benson's illustrated pamphlet on clocks (free by post for two stamps) with descriptions and prices, enables those who live in any Pan of the world to select a clock. Also a short pamphlet on cathedral and public clocks, free for ono stamp. Prize rnedtl and honour able mention in classes 33 and 15. J. W. Benson, 33 and 34, Ludgate-hill, London. Established 1749. Watch and clock maker by sr ecial a arrant of appointment to H.R.H. the Prince of Wales. No HOME complete without a' WILCOX AND GIBBS SEWINE-MACIIINE. Simple, compact, efficient, durable, and noiseless. Warr an ted to fulfil all the requirements of a perfect faintly machine. Prospectus free on application at No, 135, R egent-street, W.--[Anvr.] MARKETS--This Day. ARK-LANE. Only a moderato supply of home grown wheat was re ceived fresh up to this morning's market. The demand, however, was by no means active, nevertheless a fair clear ance was effected at Monday's currency. With foreign wheat the market was moderately supplied. In most descriptions a fair average business was trans acted, and 'prices ruled firm. Floating cargoes of grain were in fair request at late rates. There was a fair show of barley on the stands. Malting qualities sold steadily at full prices, and the value of grind ing and distilling qualities was supported. Malt changed hands to a limited extent at late rates. Although the supply of oats on sale was very moderate, the demand was by no means active, at previous quotations, In beans and peas a fair business was transacted, and prices ruled firm. The flour trade was steady at full quotations. ARRIVALS THIS WORK. Wheat Barley. Malt. Oats. Flout. English 470 1,230 3,250 I 2,500 390 Irish .. — 1,900 - Foreign 4,'90 1,850 5,570 i 600 eke, brls BOROUGH HOP. Oar market is less active; prices, however, continue very firm. 'The supply of hops on offer is small. WHITECHAPEL. But moderate supplies of meat are on sale, and tho trade rules firm, at full prices. Beef, from 2s 8d to 4s 4d; mutton, 3s Od to 48 8d; veal, 4s Od to 4s 10d; and pork, 3s 8d to 4s 8d per Blbs by the carcase. COUNTRY MARKETS. LEEDS-TUESDAY. To-day the demand for wheat is somewhat less buoyant, but on the sales made Friday's rates continue quite as dear. Barley sells at fully previous rates. In beans there was a steady business done. Oats and other articles unaltered. LIVERPOOL-TUESDAY. There was a poor attendance both of town dealers and country millers at market to-day. Wheat met with a very slow sale from millers, buyers on speculation having dis appeared, and we reduce our quotations 3d per cents!. Flour was 6d per sack and barrel lower. Very little busi ness doing in Indian corn, and 6d lower. Oats and oatmeal met a dull sale, at former prices. Beans, peas, and barley at the prices of last Friday. SHEFFIELD-TUESDAY. There was a fair show of grain to-day, and former prices Were about maintained. Recrwheat, per load of 3 imperial bushels...lss Od to 18s Od White If , ...18s Od to 20s Od New red , c .l6s Od to 18s Od New white ,) If ~.176,0d to 19s Op Beans !,, If ...15s 6d to 17s 6d Peas, per qr Grinding barley, per qr 29s Od to 31s Oel Malting ditto, „ .. 34s Od to 38s Od Oats If l9B Od to 24s Od Flour, is 4d to is 8d per 14 lb. MARKET HARBOROUGH-TUESDAY. White wheat, 42s to 46s ; red, 37s to 43s per 36 stone. Malting barley at 34s to 378 per qr. ; grinding, 28s to 39s per 30 st, Oats, old, 27s to 30s; new, 20s to 23s per 30 st. ; beans, 35s to 40s per qr. DUBLIN—TUESDAY. s. d. e. d. I Wheat, white 24 0 to 26 6 Do., red 2l 6 to 24 0 Do., new ...„ oto 0 I Barley Oats Do., black — 0 to 0 s. d. s. d. Oatmeal lO 0 to 13 0 Beans.. . 0 to 0 Bere Rapeseed Bakers' flour Indian corn More Preposterous Calculations. The Rev. Professor Haughton of the Geological Society of Dublin is stated to have arrived at the period of 1,280,000,000 years as the time which elapsed while the earth cooled from 122 deg. F. to 77 deg. F., these temperatures being taken as de fining the periods of the first appearance of life on the earth and of the London clay respectively. This calculation is stated to be based upon a previous one by Professor Helmholtz, that the time which a globe of basalt of the size of e earth would take to cool from 2,000 degrees C. to 200 degrees C. would be 350,000,000 years. Very different is the calculation made by Professor W. Thomson in his most inge nious paper " On the Secular Cooling of the Earth" (Trans. Royal Society Edin., vol. xxiii. part 1). The question he undertakes to solve is this:—ln what period would a body consisting of materials such as the earth consists of pass from a condition of first solidification to one in which the law of increase of temperature in descending from its surface down wards is in accordance with that observed in the earth. Taking the temperature of melting rock to be from 10,000 deg. F. to 7,000 deg. F. (which is higher than the temperature assigned to melting basalt), and assuming the rate of increase of tem perature near the surface to be 1-50th deg. F. per foot, allowing for great variation in the result no account of our ignorance "as to the effects of high temperature in altering the conductiveness and specific heats of rocks, and as to their latent heat of fusion," the Professor comes to the conclusion that "we may say, with much probability, that the consolidation cannot have taken place less than 20,000,000 years ago, or we should have more underground heat than we actually have ; nor more than 400,000,000 years ego, or we should not have eo much as the least-observed underground increase of temperature. That is to say, that Leibnitz's epoch of emergence' of the ‘consistentior status' was pro bably between those dates ;" and, using the tempe rature of 7000 deg. F. as that of melting rock, he inclines to 98,000,000 of years as a probable esti mate. Compare these modest numbers, to express the ages since the earth was an incandescent, though solid, sphere, with Professor Haughton's 1,280,000,000 years as giving the period between the first existence of life and the London clay ! Fatal Result of a Fight at Birmingham, An occurrence of a peculiarly tragic character formed the subject of a coroner's inquest at Birmingham on Saturday evening last. A few days ago, a young man of the names of Thomas Stevenson, an only son of highly respectable parents residing at Market Harborough, Leicestershire, was carried in a helpless state to his lodgings in Birmingham. He was there attended by a girl of the name of Sarah Mor ton, with whom he was keeping proper company with a view to making her his wife, and she anxiously inquired the cause of his bruised and disabled state, H.O said that he had fallen, and denied that he had been fighting or tha any one had been ill-using him. A surgeon was called in and the suffering man was found to be in such a dangerous state that his removal to the general hospital was con sidered necessary. His mother was then sent for, and to her broken-hearted inquiries he made the same answer as to his sweetheart. Neither she nor the medical staff at the hospital believed ho was telling the whole of the truth, as his condition indicated considerable per sonal violence ; but he repeated his statement with such apparently truthful emphasis that the matter was allowed to pass without any further question. He gradually became worse, and expired at the end of three days in the presence of his sweetheart, who was in constant attendance. A post mortem examination was then made by Mr. Bracey, house surgeon, and revealed a considerable laceration of the blad der, penetrating all the coats of the organ ; and his opinion was that death had resulted from this injury causing peri tonitis, and that the injury itself was caused by a heavy blow or fall. The case was then investigated, and evidence was procured that the deceased had received his injuries during a fight with a man of the name of Shakespeare, with whom ho quarrelled in a publichouse at Oldbury, near Bir mingham, in reference to a sixpenny bet. The fight took place out of door ; and during its progress both combatants fell over the embankment of a brook and were immersed in the water. The deceased fell violently on some bricks at the bottom of the stream. The men renewed the fight after coming out of the water, and were afterwards separated. The deceased was taken charge of by a neighbour, and stripped of his wet cicthes and put to bed, but next morning he was in such a suffering state that he was taken in a cab to his lodgings in Birmingham. The jury found that the deceased had died of a casualty occurring during a fight, and exempted the other man from all imputation. The deceased was by a trade a striker, and was employed in extensive carriage works at Oldbury. THE WONDERFUL COIFFURE of Madame Rimsky Karkowska at the great Court ball of St. Peters burg, as described by the Paris Correspondent of the Court Journal:—A drawing, which has been sent to Paris, and which we have seen, represents it as a huge bird, composed entirely of the masses of fair hair which adorn the head of the Russian beauty. The bows in front, puffed out and turned behind the ears, form the wings, while the thick shower of golden curls down the neck and shoulders forms the tail. The head, which descends low on the forehead, was composed of coloured jewels, the beak alone coming be tween the eyes of brilliants. The whole chevelure repre senting the body of the bird was sprinkled with precious stones, and the effect of this strange and startling invention was great enough to render the most refined company in the world totally forgetful of etiquette, for en the entrance of Madame Rimsky Karkowska the whole assembly were on the alert in order to examine more closely the complicated work of the coiffeur. MR. MACFARREN'S NEW OPERA, founded on Goldsmith's "She Stoops to Conquer," is advertised to come out on Thursday next, mit. EDWARD DICEY left London last week for Schleswig; and his correspondence from the seat of war there will, doubtless, be expected with peculiar interest in the columns of a London morning paper by those who know his graphic power and his fair and candid spirit as a writer, as shown in his littlo book on modern Rome, his letters from America in Muclliillan and the Spectator, and his other publications, SECOND F.:l lITION. THIRD EDITION SUN OFFICE, SIX O'CLOCK. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE—This Day. (Br ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) MANCHESTER BETTING, THIS DAY (4 o'CLOK). LIVERPOOL STEEPLECHASE. 9to 1 agst.Wee Nell (taken) 11 to 1 agst Emblem (taken) 12 to 1 aget Portland (taken) 14 to 1 agst Real Jam (offered) 16 to 1 aget Madura (taken) THE DERBY. 20 to 1 agst Blair Athol (offered) 20 to 1 aget Forager (offered) THE ANTIQUITY OF MAN. On Saturday afternoon Mr. Lubbock, the presi dent of the Ethnological Society, concluded a short course of three lectures at the Royal Institution on " The Antiquity of Man." In these lectures he entered thoroughly into the subject, commencing with pre-historic arcbmology, and its division into three periods of stone, bronze, and iron. The stone implements used immediately before the introduc tion of bronze were particularly described, and the peculiarities of those found in the " shell mounds" of Denmark and on the sites of the lake habitations of Switzerland were also pointed out. In the last lecture Mr. Lubbock con trasted those stone implements used by man within the period of history with similar implements found in the " drift," and supposed to have been made and used by men who lived at the same time as the extinct animals, with the fossil bones of which the flint implements are associated. The flint implements in the " drift" bear unmistakable marks of having originally constituted a part of the stra tum in which they are embedded, as they are covered with the same kind of encrustations as the gravel among which they are found. Mr. Lubbock, therefore, considered that it is a fact, of which there can be no doubt, that those flint implements are of the same age as the stratum itself. He then compared them with the stone implements of a later age, nume rous specimens of both kinds being exhibited for illustration. The flint implements found in the " drift" are of a ruder construction and never polished, whereas the later stone implements are generally polished and better made. From these characteristics it was assumed that the pro-Adamites were in a more savage state and of inferior capacity. Mr. Lubbock, indeed, avowed himself to be a be liever in Mr. Darwin's theory of the origin of species, in accordance with which it is probable that the men of the " drift" period were of an inferior race. The absence of the fossil human bones among those of the extinct animals with which the flint implements are found prevents the confirmation of that theory by the comparison of skulls ; and, un fortunately for that hypothesis, the only two human skulls that have been discovered in the "drift," contradict each other. One, indeed, is so degraded in its intellectual developments, that some persons have doubted whether it belonged to a human being, while the other skull will bear comparison with that of many Europeans. Mr. Lubbock as signed causes for the absence of fossil human remains in the " drift," but they were not very satisfactory. The bones of men have, however,been found associated with those of extinct animals in caves, in different parts of the world ; and Mr. Lubbock adduced several facts in confirmation of the opinion that man was living contemporaneously with those extinct animals. It was not stated whether the human crania of the cave-men indicated a lower degree of mental capacity. Mr. Lubbock next considered the probable age of the strata in which the flint implements occur so abundantly in the valley of the Somme; and he showed, by sec tions of the strata, that the "drift" which formerly formed the bed of the river is now elevated so high above the stream that it must have required many thousands of years for the water to have worn away the channel to its present level. He could not, however, express an opinion how many years have passed away since the men of the " drift" period existed. The audience, who were very numerous, applauded cordially at the conclusion of the lecture STATISTICS OF DENMARK. The income of the Danish Monarchy for the year ending March 31, 1863, was £1,841,499, to which Denmark contributed 62 per cent., Holstein 21.64, Schleswig 16.36 per cent. This income more than covered the expenditure. One half of it was pro duced by customs and indirect taxes, and about two thirds of the expenditure was for the public debt and standing army. The army cost about £466,000, the navy £212,000. The accounts of the current financial year were, before the invasion, estimated at the same rate. The Danish army on its peace footing, to be doubled when on war footing, is fixed by law at 22,900 men ; but of late years the number has, for the sake of economy, been kept down to 12,000. The Danish navy consisted, in September, 1862, of 19 sailing vessels carrying 704 guns, and 28 steamers with 340 guns, besides a paddlewheel steam flotilla of 50 gunboats with about 100 guns. But all these steamers were not seaworthy. The ❑avy was at that time served by about 2,000. The population of the monarchy at the census of 1860 was in Denmark Proper, omitting the small figures, 1,600,000 ; in Schleswig, 409,000 ; in Hol stein, 544,000 ;in Lauenburg, 50,000. In Denmark Proper all but 300,000 of the population is agricul tural. The whole male population of Denmark Proper is only 793,000, and of Schleswig 204,000. Of these it appeared by the last census that in every thousand 495 lived exclusively by agriculture, 228 by trade and commerce (but, with no coal, and little water power on the soil, there is not much manufacture) ; 187 were day-labourers, 53 were commercial men ; 29 sailors ; 20 paupers ; 16 minis ters or schoolmasters; 15 pensioners ; 13 domestic servants, 11 or 12 civil servants of the State; 9 officers in the army or navy ; 9 capitalists; 7 were devoting themselves to literature or science; 5 were nondescripts ; and one was in jail. The Case of Alleged Poisoning in Cornwall. HAILE (C or nwall), Saturday. The protracted inquiry into the charge ag ai n st Mr . Richard Oke Millett, a surgeon, residing at Penp ol, was re sumed yesterday, for the purpose of having the result of the analysis of the contents of the body of the deceased. Mr. Cornish, the magistrates' clerk, read a lengthened report from Dr. Alfred S. Taylor. Dr. Taylor, in another elaborate report in reference to the probable cause of the death of the deceased, attributed his demise to an attack of serious apoplexy, to which he was predisposed by the chronic hydrocephalus (water on the brain) under which the deceased was labouring, D r. Taylor further said that the symptoms, as detailed to him, the death under the circumstances as stated, and the result of the post mortem examination, were not consistent with any form of poisoning within his knowledge. The Chairman of the Bench (the Rev. Uriah Tonkin), addressing the accused, said—Mr. Millett, we are extremely sorry that we have been obliged to keep you so long in cus tody, but, sitting hero us magistrates, we had no other alter native. lam now very happy in having to say, Mr. Mil lett, as the organ of the Bench, that you are released from all further custody ; and having investigated the case most minutely, and, I am sure, most fairly, and with the strictes t anxiety to do justice, we have no longer anything to do with the matter but to say that we aro extremely happy that you are released from this charge. Mr. Millet was warmly congratulated by numerous friends, and was accompanied to his residence by a large concourse of persons; and the band of the Hayle Foundry men, to which establishment he was surgeon, met in the evening in front of his house and performed various pieces of music. HERR MOLIQUE, besides the Trio mentioned no long ago, is occupied on a Mass. HOUSE OF LORDS— Last Evening, The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat upon the woolsack at five o'clock. HER MAJESTY'S ANSWER, TO THE ADDRESS. Lord SYDN EY brought up and read her Majesty's answer to the address on the occasion of the assembling of Parlia ment. Her Majesty thanked their lordships for their affectionate expressions with respect to her family, and assured them her most ardent wish was the prosperity of her people. THE DAN& GERMAN DIFFICULTY. The Earl of MALMESbUItY said he had given notice to , the noble earl the Secretary for Foreign Affairs, by private pote, of his intention of putting some questions relative tot the state of affairs in Denmark. The noble earl having referred to the state of affairs of this nature when he waa, in office, went on to remark upon the arrange ment which had been entered into some years ago with. the Doke of Augustenburg by which he received e sum of money amounting to about £350,000 English, on the understanding that he would never interfere with tho succession in Denmark. The instalments had been regularly , paid, and he had never heard the arrangement called into, question. As the arrangement was entered into with the, father of the present Duke of Augustenburg—when he (rher son) was 24 years of age he did not see that it could be said that he was not aware of the stipulation. Had he protested or objected, the arrangement could never have been carried out, and he (the noble earl) did not see on what,. point of honour the present Duke of Augustenburg cou'ai justify the present proceedings that were being carried on in his name. The questions he wished to ask was whether her Majesty's Government had obtained any material guarantee from Austria and Prussia, that as soon as the November Constitution was 'with drawn they would consent to evacuate Schleswig, and whether the parties to that treaty considered their obliga tions invalidated by the outbreak of the war. Earl RUSSELL said her Majesty's Government had re ceived no such guarantee from either Austria or Prussia, and with reference to the second question he could not consider that the treaty could be in any way abrogated by the outbreak of the war, so far as regards the different. Powers. It was quite impossible that the treat y made with France, Great Britain, Russia, and Swecion could be abrogated, as regards those Powers, by a state of war between Austria and Prussia on the one aide and Denmark on the other. (Hear, hear.) Every ana logy and principle militated against that doctrine, ay.d an illustration of its invalidity was supported by what took place with regard to the treaty between the Porte and the European Powers in 1841 as to the closing of the Darda nelles, That treaty was not held to bo abrogated because the Porte and one of those Powers had gone to war, and the case was precisely analogous with the present. As, how ever, he underswod the answer given by Austria and. Prussia to representations on the subject, that answer ad mitted the obligations of the treaty on all the PowQrs: When that answer was given no act of war had occurred, but it was well known that the Danes were prepared to resist the entrance of the Austrian and Prussian troops into Schleswig, and it would be frivolous to say that a state of war, which was foreseen when the admissions was made one day, should, when it broke out the next day, invalidate and set aside that admission. (Hear, hear.) It was saki that if Denmark should refuse acquiescence in the just de mands of Austria and Prussia, those Powers would then be released from their obligations; but he did not admit that view. Even in the contingency referred to, Austria and Prussia would be bound by the engagements of the Treaty of London— bound to respect and maintain the integrity of the Danish kingdom, (Hear, hear.) That he considered the real sena:: of the declarations of Austria and Prussia,. and those were the opinions of her Majesty's Government with respect to that treaty. The Earl of DERBY considered the answer of the noble , earl to be so far satisfactory. No guarantee had, it appeared,. been obtained from Austria and Prussia ; but nothing had been said as to our Government having pressed for such a. guarantee. INPERIAL PARLIAIEENT THE ALEXANDRA. The Earl of DERBY wished to ask whether the noble earl would lay upon the table the correspondence between. her Majesty's Government and the Federal Government on. the subject of alleged depredations on American commerce by vessels fitted out in British ports, and also with respect to some rather strange decisions of the American prize courts. Earl RUSSELL said that in the present stage of law proceedings connected with this subject h" deemed it ex pedient to withhold the correspondence referred to. On the first night of the session the noble earl had spoken of a de spatch of Mr. Seward making claims on account of the de.- predations of the Alabama, ::nd expressed a hope that he (Lord Russell) had answered that despatch in a fitting manner. He could not at the time call to mind any such despatch, and therefore he had omitted allusion to it in his reply. lie now found, however, that the despatch in ques tion was addressed by Mr. Seward to Mr. Adams, but in the discretion of that gentleman it was not communicated to him (Earl Russell)—(a laugh)—and that accounted for his inability to give to the noble earl an answer on Thurs , day night. (Hear, hear.) NAVAL ARTILLERY, The Earl of HARDWICKE asked the Secretary of State for War whether her Majesty's ships were sup plied with guns and projectiles which could penetrate tho side of a ship covered with iron plates 4; inches thick. The subject was a most important one. When the improvement in small arms rendered an improve ment in artillery necessary, and Sir William Armstrong's invention was brought before the notice of Government, the Administration of which he was a member treated the subject with great care; and he (Lord Hardwicke) believed that Sir W. Armstrong had given to the artillery a new, powerful, and beautiful weapon. Immediately, however, a, plan of plating ships with iron sprang up, which defied the then power of guns. Sir W. Armsttorg had produced guns to pierce in some degree such plates, but no less a sum than upwards of two millions was expended on these guns. Another inventor, however, Mr. Whitworth, had produced . guns which never failed in penetrating iron plates, but Mr. Whitworth's experiments had not received that attention which they deserved. He (Lord Hardwicke) did not think the Government had acted quite fairly in the matter. Tho experiments at Shoeburyness showed that in almost every instance iron plates were pierced and destroyed, and under these circumstances he thought he was entitled to ask how it was that there was not on board any of her Majesty's ships a gun capable of penetrating a plated ship's side. The Armstrong gun on board ship was, to a great extent, un workable and inefficient. He thought it therefore time that the invention of Mr. Whitworth should be seriously taken into consideration. The Duke of SOMERSET said it would perhaps be better for him to answer the question. In 1859, they had received an Armstrong gun—a 100-pounder—which was sent to sea. It was found excellent. In consequence a num ber were ordered. But then came armour-plates, and this gun failed as against them. The old 68-pounder was at that time preferred. Then Mr. Whitworth was seen ;he pro duced a gun which sent a bolt through the plated sides of the Trusty. He (the Duke of Somerset) bought the gun, but some defections were found in it, and on subsequent trials it burst. Ho could say that his only object was to get the best gun, and not to favour any particular inventor. no saw Mr. Whitworth again, who told him that the real difficulty was to find a suitable metal for guns. A year ago he was still anxious to get a really useful gun, but from that day to this they had not got any gun, althout__, , invited and asked for, from Mr. Whitworth, in order to try it against Sir W. Armstrong's. Mr. Whitworth's in vention was undoubtedly a valuable one, and, as he him self had said, it lay chiefly in the nature of the projectile. Sir W. Armstrong's guns sent shell as well as shot through plates; still they had not a good broadside gun for the navy. He sent a year since for Sir W. Armstrong and asked him for such a gun, smooth bore. It was sent — about six tons weight. In September and October last it was tried, and the practice was satisfactory, and the diffi culty of firing, as compared with the OS -pounder, \was trifling, and it was reported to be the best gun in the navy against iron plates, with solid shot going right throur.. ll them. This was therefore a good broadside gun, and a number of them were at present in course of construction*. and delivery, But they wanted also a rifle gun, in order to a comparison and final d ec i s i on. They had now in fact a rifle gun of this we i g h t, and were only waiting for th e projectiles. At present, although they had only in the navy the GS-pounder and the 6-tou smooth bore he had described, th e y were on the way of obtaining a supp l y o f the best ing the f orce of their guns, they were also ma k ing pro - guns guns yet inve n t e d ; and as t h ey we re thus inereas gress in increasing the strength of their ships' armour, the latest plan of this kind adopted being considerably stronger than any that had gone before. - - - - - - The Earl of lIARDWICKE said that the noble duko had said nothing to show that Mr. 'Whitworth could not have furnished our ships with sufficiently powerful guns to peneirate any armour placed ship's side. The noble duke 't seemed had himself turned. Earl DE GREY and RIPON said the inquiry had been stopped because Mr. Whitworth had not yet delivered the guns which the committee desired him to submit for the purpose of being tested with those of Sir W. Armstrong. The excuse for the delay on Mr. Whitworth's part was that he had a difficulty in obtaining materials for the guus. Their lordships then adjourned. HOUSE OF COMMONS--Last Eveuiub• The SPEAKER took the chair shortly before tour o'clock• PETITIONS. Some petitions were presented praying for a reduction in the _duty on fire insurances, and depre cating the destruction of kagosima as a blot on the civilisation of the country. HER MAJESTY'S REPLY TO THE ADDRESS. Lord PROBY, Comptroller of the Household, presented her Majesty's most gracious reply to the Address of the House of Commons, expressive of her Majesty's gratitude for th, expression of loyalty to haself and the members of the royal family. INTERFERENCE IN 'CHINA. 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